Sunday, February 22, 2009

From Bangkok: "Sorry I’m 25 years late - I got on the wrong bus," by Andrew Drummond


It was just a normal shopping trip when Jaeyana Beuraheng bade farewell to her eight children as she left to cross the border into Malaysia. But it would be 25 years before she would find her way home. (Read more here.)

Sunday, February 15, 2009

From Boston: "Barely Legal," by Matt Donnelly


Legal Sea Foods' longtime slogan declares, "If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal." Perhaps the restaurant company should be thinking about changing that. Say, to "If it's making sexual advances from the side of a trolley, the MBTA doesn't think it's legal." (Read more here.)

Sunday, February 8, 2009

From Minneapolis: "My bus hottie," by Sarah


My husband and I met on the 134 when we were both commuting from Highland Park to downtown [Minneapolis]. Most people keep to themselves on this commuter route, and I certainly didn’t have the guts to speak to him. For about a year, I called him my bus hottie and would occassionally fill my friends in on sightings. (Read more here.)